Mat or cloth for oil cakes



K. c. BARTON MAT/OR CLOTH FOR OIL ems Filed July 18. 1921 /r/ l e 177 01.

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i Patented Aug. 28, 1923.

'tlhlithh stares 1,455,109 PATENT oFFIcE.

KIRTtAnn .c. BARTON, OF NATIONAL CITY, ILLINOIS.

MAT on cLo'rn:

Application filed July 18,

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I. KnrrLAND C. BARTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at h ational City, Illinois. have invented new and useful Improvements in Mats or Cloths for Oil Cakes, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to for oil cakes. v

An object of the invention is to provide a mat or cloth for an oil cake with means responsive to the energy of an electro magnet for engagement with the electro magnet, whereby as the electro magnet is moved or rotated the mat or cloth will be stripped from the oil cake.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mat or cloth for oil cakes with ametallic member adapted to engage with the rotary element of a stripping machine, whereby the mat or cloth will be held and wound around the rotary element'without damage to the mat or cloth. I

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of a part of the machine, having my improved mat ,or cloth thereon and engaged. with the rotary electro magnet of the machine.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the metallic plate in connection with the mat or cloth which is drawn into engagement with the magnet as the machine is operated.

The machine, with=which my invention is arranged to cooperate for the purpose of stripping the mat or cloth from the oil cake, comprises a table 1 for supporting themat or cloth and the cake enclosed thereby, as well as the operative mechanism by which the cloth is stripped from thecake. The shaft 2 is supported horizontally above the table for rotation in opposite directions. It is known that the shaft 2 is rotated in one direction to strip the mat or cloth from the oil cake. The rotation of the shaft in stripmats or cloths ping the mat or cloth from the oil cake winds the mat or cloth about the shaft. After the mat or cloth has been.

stripped from the oil cake and wound about the shaft, the direction of rotation of the shaft is changed so as to unwind the mat or cloth therefrom. The mechanism for rotating the shaft in alternately shown or described.

FOB OIL cAKns.

1921. Serial 110,485,704.

opposite directionscomprises no part of the present 1nvention, and therefore, is not The machine comprises an electro magnet 3 removably secured upon the shaft 2 above the table 1, and including a number of washers'having shoulders 5 thereon. It is to be understood that the magnet is energized as an incident to rotation of the shaft 2 in the direction to wind the mat or cloth on the magnet; and the magnet is de-energized automatically and as an incident to reverse rotation of the shaft.

My invention comprises a device in connectionwith the mat or cloth 6 which will be drawn into the engagement with the electro magnet automatically when the cake and cloth are placed upon the table. The machine is operated with the electro magnet energized. As'shown, the device mentioned is in the form of a resilient metallic strip 7, supported from one end of the mat or,

cloth by flexible connections 8. The connections 8 may be and preferably are short metal plates having their outer ends secured to the plate or strip 7 and their opposite ends secured to the end of the mat or cloth 6. As shown the connections 8 are of sufficient length to pass through slots 7 nearthe ends of the plate or strip 7 to support said plate spaced slightly from the end of the 7 is attracted to and held in connection with the electro magnet by the energy of the magnet; but should the plates or strips 7 slip upon the magnet, it will be caught by the shoulders 5 and thereby'positivelyprevented from slipping further. As the electro magnet continues to rotate the mat or cloth is wound on the magnet and stripped from the cake, as is well understood. When the mat or cloth has been stripped from the cake, the shaft and magnet are rotated in the direction opposite from that in which they were rotated during the winding of the mat or cloth thereon.

My present invention may be readily used in a machine Without the usual hook-shaped, cloth-gripping elements for engaging the cloth. The hooks heretofore generally used sometimes catch intothe clothingof the operator of the machine, or into the flesh of the arms and hands of the operator, re-

isultingin serious injuries. My present iiivention eliminatesnearly all danger to the operator, and overcomes various other difli culties.

From th 'fioregoing it will beseen that nay invention satisfactorily"accomplishes call of its intended purposes. The specific form and arrangement may be varied Without departure from the principle of the invention. I do not restrict myself to unesscntial features, but What I clain'rand desire to se cure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with in oil oa lge met or cloth, of a metallicstrip attached to and spaced from one end of the met or cloth for the purpose described.

2. The combination with an oil cake rnait or cloth, of a metallic str1p,'and con cctions uniting the metallic. strip with one end of the met or cloth and at a slight disend of the cloth. V

at. The combination with anoil cake met or 010th, of a flexible metallic strip, and

flexible connections uni-ting; said strip with one end of the mat or cloth.

5. The oonilnnntion With an oil cake met or cloth, of aflexiblc metallic strip, and

flexible connections uniting said strip WIT/ll one end of the met or cloth and holdir g the strip spaced from (the end of thenwt or eloth.

KIRTLAND O. BAR] 

